Jays honor retiring IF Vizquel before final game

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Oct 4, 2012

Vizquel, who has played mostly at second base and third for the Blue Jays this season, was given one final start at shortstop against the Twins. "The base hit on the last at-bat I was going to take in the big leagues, I wanted to come out with a hit someh… (more)ow," Vizquel said. Fellow countryman Ozzie Guillen only three years Vizquel's senior, by the way paid his friend the ultimate compliment earlier in the day by saying Vizquel was equal to Luis Aparicio, a Venezuelan shortstop who's in the Hall of Fame. Our own Jeff Passan once suggested that Vizquel belongs in the Hall of Fame due to his defensive wizardry. The 45-year-old web gem wizard threw out the first pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays before a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins at Rogers Centre before making one final start at shortstop. It was the 2,709th start at shortstop, the most in baseball history, and it ended in storybook with a hit in his last at-bat.